#re-evolution

[wicked-witch-ofthe-east]

Personally, I want to work towards a future where people can simply ~exist~ in harmony with each other. Each day is about living.. not finding the means to an end which is money and our current capitalistic system. This is not real freedom.

[thecomicsnexus]

TMNT: THE LAST RONIN II: RE-EVOLUTION #5

APRIL 2025 By Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman , Esau & Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop, Luis Antonio Delgado, and Shawn Lee.

The Turtles and the resistance must defend their island... but a sequel surprised them all!

RATING: OKAY

You know, if this wasn't a TMNT book, I wouldn't continue reading it.

I have spoilery thoughts, so let's cover the basics here.

The story is a bit disappointing. We were presented with all these characters that now feel too much like a misdirect. The Turtles were barely in this story, so I have to say that seeing human characters die is a plus for this book.

I love the Ben Bishop pages, but I find the Escorza pages a bit inconsistent. Some of them look gorgeous and impossible to stop appreciating, and others feel distorted. Especially the turtles. It made sense in the first miniseries because there was a justification for Mikey's increased size, but these turtles are young.

Okay, let's move on to spoilers.

So, April is dead, and I cannot believe that I am relieved. I liked her in the one-shot that came out during Lost Years. But I felt like it was the time for her to leave, especially after a new human reporter was introduced.

What are my problems with this project?

Well, it takes forever to tell this story. The whole mini-series was like the first episode of a TV show, but it took a year to complete.

I am not sure why it has to be this slow (Lost Years didn't have this problem). I think this has to do with the Escorza brothers' speed, and because they did the first mini-series and this is clearly a curated universe, it makes sense that all the miniseries in the Roninverse will be slow and painful. But it doesn't need to be published in this format.

Hear me out... What if they follow a manga model? Keep the irregular schedule (quarterly?), but add more pages to each issue, and make sure that each of those is a BOOK. So a mini-series like this one, should fit in one book. People will pay for it. Just do it. Deliver chapters with three acts, and I won't care how much it takes to finish the whole saga.

As it is, this story introduced a lot of characters that ended up dying, and it was essentially, a first act (now that we know this is a story about the Hamatos versus the Foot again).

The next mini-series should be much better. I would honestly turn this comic into an ongoing series, but I guess that the delays wouldn't make that possible.

But then again, how big is this universe? Because it felt like it was expanding, but it is now returning to the clans. So... I am a bit lost with the Roninverse. I'd like it to stay contained to the clan feud if they cannot start an ongoing series. Otherwise, all these characters and plots will end up feeling rushed.

TL;DR... keep it simple... keep episodes tight... change the format to whatever makes sense for the frequency.

I am okay with how it ended... but I do feel like we didn't get enough Turtles.

[doublezeroday]

[thecomicsnexus]

TMNT: THE LAST RONIN II - RE-EVOLUTION #2

June 2024

By Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman , Esau & Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop, Luis Antonio Delgado, and Shawn Lee.

Odyn goes through a health scare, as the city gets in more trouble.

SCORE: 7

Boy, do I have things to say...

I don't know why the pacing is always a problem with "The Last Ronin." The people involved are all pros, yet, they continue to make the oddest decisions. And I understand the why... but the results are just amateurish, if I may say so.

Let's start with how this mini is trying to expand the universe very aggressively, taking up pages and pages of exposition. Most of the time I was wondering if I should be taking notes for all the information being dumped on me. It's cool that this is now redefining the role of Baxter and the Fugitoid in the original miniseries, but in the past, that would have gone into a micro-series.

And the reason that cannot happen anymore, is because there is no ongoing "the last ronin." Which, at same time, is a marketing strategy to always come up with a new best-seller #1. In other words, marketing is getting in the way of telling these stories properly.

The Turtles slowly getting special abilities was a no-brainer, but I am wondering if maybe they are going too far. Being mutant ninja animals wasn't enough?

I am also getting the idea that Jiro will be the new Nobody... who I don't remember right now if he was introduced in this universe already.

I also get the feeling that Bishop will be introduced into this universe very soon, considering the chess references.

Despite my problems with the excessive exposition, it is still interesting to see a universe expand (but I am guessing it will be harder on a second read). Hopefully all this exposition will play out in later issues.

I am honestly surprised that people love this universe so much. I do feel it has potential, especially with the new turtles, but something is a little off with the writing... and the art.

From human faces glowing like plastic, to hard to follow phone conversations, there were a few moments where the art really took me away from the story.

Considering how long it is taking to release the whole mini, I would have placed specials in-between issues focusing on the Fugitoid, Splinter, Jiro, and maybe even Casey. I don't know, it would have made more sense to expand the universe that way, to make the main story smoother. Perhaps something to consider for the next mini?

[rockattitudegr]

MEMORAIN: Επανακυκλοφορία του “Re-Evolution” με σημαντικές συμμετοχές

Οι Memorain επαναφέρουν το "Re-Evolution" σε πλήρως ανανεωμένη μορφή, remixed και remastered

Οι Memorain επαναφέρουν το "Re-Evolution" σε πλήρως ανανεωμένη μορφή, remixed και remastered

[shiningoak]

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